... of ... If this is merely a maths question, just find the surface of the oceans, then the thickness of the layer of water of volume 1 km^3 I think we are...
... was an ... Ya, fair enough.... My "Now do you see?" remarked was made at whoever here believed that a rise of 2 deg C equalled a rise of 35.6 deg F... ...
I don't think they'd rise a whole lot. Firstly, assume that the density of ice equals the density of water. Then the volume of ice below the surface of the...
... Probably John's point is that the north polar icecap floats on the Arctic Ocean, so its melting doesn't affect sea level. (The ice already displaces its...
Perhaps we should go in a different direction. Let's look at a vessel of water, perhaps a measuring cup that, with an ice cube in it, measures 12 oz (355mL)....
A traditional problem I believe. Imagine the world to be a perfect sphere, with a tight steel band around the equator. The band is cut, and an additional 12"...
The problem you describe is an example of what I wrote of. The only reason the ice melts is becouse the water/soda is at a high enough temperature. [icebergs -...
A fantastic problem! Take the equatorial circumference of 24902mi and calculate the radius of the earth from it (C1 = 2 * PI * r1). r1 = 3693.276393 (to 6...
"dwittman@... wrote:" ... It's even cooler when you realize you can solve the problem without mucking with the equatorial circumference of the earth. ...
... ... changes as the ice melts, doesn't it? ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling...
Peter, Regarding the ice above the water level... I specifically stated that the water level wouldn't rise. I mentioned nothing about the peak of the ice cube...
The band forms a circle. Let C stand for the circumference of this circle before the addition of the extra 12". Define the function f as c/(2pi), which will...
Robyn, Good point. All I did was ask Jeeves... BTW, if there's a hard way and an easy way, I'll take the hard one 9 times out of 10. DW [Non-text portions of...
In a message dated 7/1/2005 2:50:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Isn't the Arctic icecap all floating? So even if *all* of that icecap melted, there would be...
As the lava from a volcano flows into the ocean, it causes some of the water to evaporate. If 1 cubic kilometre of water evaporates how much thicker must the ...
Apropos of spherical shells... Let r and R be positive real numbers with r < 2R, and let E be a sphere of radius R. Pick a point p on E, and let S be the...
The volume of saturated steam at sea level is 26.799/.016719= 1603 times the volume of water. Say we have a cylinder of radius r and a height of 2r. The...
... Cino, Have a look at this site for some insight. http://www.photocentric.net/rainbow_angles.htm ... From the space station, I think the best they could...
... This guy says "arc" I assume he means a rainbow is described as a circle. ... I think from the space station you can see the full circle of a rainbow....
... circle. The centre of the 'circle' that the rainbow is, is a point directly opposite the sun. At sun set/sunrise, that puts the centre on the horizon. We...
... Good stuff. Basically we can say then that we do have a good comparison of true round. It is defying, though, that gravity plays no role here or does it?...
... round. ... Hanging wires are catenerys due to gravity. Objects in flight on earth are mostly parabolic due to gravity. Oh your Majesty,Llight, gravity does...
It appears that the area is just pi r^2. That is, the area of a disc on a spherical surface depends only on the "radius" of the disc (distance from center to...
The sphere of radius r will 'cut off' part of the large sphere. If we know what fraction of the sphere it cuts off, it is that fraction of 4.pi.R^2. I suspect...
... Yes; this is my second-favorite property of areas of regions on a sphere. (My favorite is the theorem of Archimedes to the effect that a zone of height h...
... Your picture looks correct, but when the arc is revolved, arc elements closer to the north pole contribute less area than elements of the same length...
Let S be a surface of rotation. A "zone" on S is a region bounded by two planes perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and the "height" of a zone is the...
I'd nearly guess 15. There's a 1 + 4 = 5 in there, also 1 + 5 = 6, 4 + 5 = 9, 5 + 6 = 11, so perhaps the next number is 6 + 9 = 15. Although where the original...
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